Marshall Van Alstyne | World Bank Institute (WBI)

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Marshall Van Alstyne

Boston University and Massachusetts Institute and Technology

Marshall Van Alstyne is an MIT scientist with tenure at Boston University. His research applies information economics to communications, platforms, IP, and society. He designed one of the first studies to measure dollar output of knowledge workers. He coauthored the first proof that a market can create more user value than a perfect spam filter. His MIT dissertation coined the phrase "cyberbalkans." As co-developer of “two sided networks” he has made major contributor to theories of network effects.

He holds a BA from Yale and an MS and PhD from MIT.

His honors include one patent, three NSF awards, and five best paper awards. Articles or commentary have appeared in Science, Nature, Management Science, Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. His research can be found at http://ssrn.com/author=253298.

Read his article on Managing Knowledge in Organizations.